IT INFRASTRUCTURE HEAD

About Company

Our client in the telecommunicaions industry is seeking to recruit qualified candidates to fill the position of an IT Infrastructure Head.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide Infrastructure services vision, enable innovation and leverage IT trends that can create business value consistent with customers’ requirements and expectations.
• Lead ITO strategic technology initiatives to build and maintain key elements of the customers enterprise infrastructure and associated project portfolio.
• Provide leadership for delivery of 24/7 service operations and KPI compliance.
• Ensure comprehensive Disaster Recovery architecture is maintained and operations are in place to ensure compliance with required RPOs and RTOs during business continuity events (emphasizing but not limited to storage area networks and redundant, highly-available server and network architectures).
• Lead an extremely talented team of infrastructure Managers, Specialists and Administration professionals who with others define, manage and support the entire operations infrastructure for EMTS.
• Motivate, organize, mentor, and manage senior managers within the team.
• Participate in IT strategic planning, project planning and budget planning efforts.
• Analyze technology trends and develop infrastructure strategy, architecture, and delivery processes designed for agility and cost effectiveness.
• Establish and maintain strong, strategic partnerships with vendors and other service providers.
• Develop RFPs/RFIs, oversee product evaluations, coordinate product and service selections, and ensure that pricing, terms, and conditions for supplier contracts meet Huawei and IT standards while achieving optimal results for the company.
• Coordinate I&O projects/resources with the IT project management office (PMO). Ensure all project deliverables, budgets, and timelines are met.
• Provide well-considered counsel to the Program Director, Director of Operations and other business service leaders.

Qualifications

• College degree in technology related major preferred. Post graduate degree in Business Management is preferred.
• 12+ years of technical and leadership experience managing and/or directing large IT operational teams also preferred.